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Q&A: 23-Year-Old Rural Organizer Anderson Clayton on Making Change and Coming Home
Clayton returned to live, work and organize in her hometown of Roxboro, North Carolina after realizing she could help make it "a place that young people with bright ideas don’t feel forced to leave, but instead want to come back home to."
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Rural America’s Population Loss Stems from Outmigration, Not Deaths
Nonmetropolitan counties gained population from 2000 to 2010. But migration out of nonmetro counties resulted in a net population loss from 2010 to 2020.
Analysis: The Silver Lining for Rural America in the Supreme Court’s Voting-Rights Decision
The decision in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee is bad news for rural voters. But the dissenting opinion covers new ground in examining the unique challenges that confront rural voters.
Lack of Federal Firefighters Hurts California Wildfire Response
Low pay, long deployments and a bureaucratic hiring process make it hard for federal agencies to fill jobs, say current and former federal wildland firefighters.
Utah Leads Nation in Increase in Rural Vaccinations; Mississippi Moves up Slightly in Rankings
The nonmetropolitan county vaccination rate climbed to 35.5% of the total nonmetro population as of July 15. That’s 10.7 percentage points lower than the rate in metropolitan counties.
Rural Restaurants in an Era of Uncertainty
With agility, determination, and community support, some rural restaurants try to make the best of a bad situation.
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Rural Vaccination Rate Inches up to 34.8% of Population
Missouri and Arkansas, where Covid-19 infections are surging, rank near the bottom in rural vaccination rates.
Rate of Rural Infections Climbs by 25% for the Week
Outbreaks of the Delta variant in Missouri and Arkansas are driving up the rural numbers nationally.
In the Last Decade, Rural Counties Saw Slight Decline in Population While Rest of the Nation Grew
Rural counties lost 0.5% of their population in the 2010s. Suburban counties were the fastest growing type of county, with a 9% increase over the decade.
Radically Rural: The Rush to Rural – What Comes Next?
Researchers wonder if migration to rural areas will be stymied by the end of the pandemic. An influx of affluent urban dwellers deepened an already existing housing crisis in many rural parts of the country.
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